Thursday, February 16, 2012

Gary carter dead

NEW YORK - Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter, whose single for the New York Mets in the 1986 World Series touched off one of the most improbable rallies in baseball, died Thursday. He was 57.

(CBS News)

Gary Carter, the Hall of Fame catcher who helped lead the Mets to the world championship in 1986, died Thursday after a 10-month battle with brain cancer. He was 57.

(Newsday)

In a sad and memorable and dramatic and self-destructive way, all those ways, the old Mets — the Mets out of October of 1986 — were our Boys of Summer. You think about it more now because Gary Carter dies much too young.

(New York Daily News)

NEW YORK — Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter, whose single for the Mets in the 1986 World Series touched off one of the most improbable rallies in baseball, died Thursday. He was 57.

(LoHud.com)

Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter, the first player enshrined in Cooperstown wearing a Montreal Expos cap, died Thursday. He was 57.

(CJAD)

Baseball Hall of Famer Gary Carter, whose exuberance earned him the nickname "The Kid" and whose talent made one of the best catchers of his generation, died on Thursday of brain cancer.

(Nationalpost.com)

Baseball Hall of Famer and former New York Mets pitcher Gary Carter died today at age 57. Carter had been battling brain cancer since last May.

(NY1)

Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter has died at the age of 57. The former Montreal Expos star was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour last May. The 11-time all-star was the first player to go into the Hall of Fame with an Expos cap on his plaque.

(Toronto Star)

Gary Carter, the Kid who led the New York Mets to the 1986 World Series title and was later inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame, has died after battling brain cancer. He was 57. I will have more later. This one hurts.

(Albany Times Union (blog))

Feb 16, 2012 - Gary Carter, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame and former member of the Montreal Expos, was diagnosed with inoperable brain tumors in May of 2011.